CTAC 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: David Reimer, Dihydrotestosterone, Androgyny
Men had more intense activity in each part
Laxton and Cooper
Baby X
Did not reveal his gender, raised him gender neutrally
No TV, gender neutral tous
McGinley
Batista Boys - four girls who became boys at puberty
Had a rare genetic disorder - dihydrotestosterone
Genitals only became visible at puberty
Quickly adapted to their new gender role
Bem
Developed the BSRI
Correlation Coefficient of 0.90
Adams and Sherer
Suggested that masculine traits not androgyny are more desirable in our society
David Reimer
Circumcision accident, tried to make him into Brenda
Switched back once he found out the truth
Van Groozen
Studied transgender individuals
Make to female decreased aggression + visuospatial skills
Female to male opposite
Van de Poll
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Female rats injected w testosterone became more sexually and physically aggressive
Dabbs
Prison inmates - higher levels of testosterone committed more aggressive crimes
Tricker
Men testosterone or placebo for 10 weeks
at the end of the 10 weeks - no difference
Maccoby and Jacklin
More differences within gender than between gender
Herlihy
Early diagnosis of genetic disorders led to better development
Kohlberg
Developed stages of gender development
Slaby and Frey
Showed children split screen video
Young children paid equal amounts of attention
Constancy stage - paid attention to their gender
Munroe
Replicated Kohlberg in Kenya Samoa and Nepal
Suggests theory is universal
Bussey and Bandura
Children as young as four felt good about playing with gender appropriate toys
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Document Summary
Men had more intense activity in each part. Did not reveal his gender, raised him gender neutrally. Batista boys - four girls who became boys at puberty. Suggested that masculine traits not androgyny are more desirable in our society. Circumcision accident, tried to make him into brenda. Switched back once he found out the truth. Make to female decreased aggression + visuospatial skills. Female rats injected w testosterone became more sexually and physically aggressive. Prison inmates - higher levels of testosterone committed more aggressive crimes. Men testosterone or placebo for 10 weeks at the end of the 10 weeks - no difference. Early diagnosis of genetic disorders led to better development. Constancy stage - paid attention to their gender. Children as young as four felt good about playing with gender appropriate toys. 3. 5-4 year olds used external features not genitals to determine gender. Tested 2-3 year olds on their ability to apply sex role stereotypes.
